SAN FRANCISCO — Leaders of six teams selected by NASA to provide detailed data on commercial lunar vehicles and Moon missions say the awards signal a vote of confidence from the U.S. space agency that will help them attract sponsors and investors.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...